I recently went through Illinois to visit my sister in Wisconsin. It appears they took out all the toll booths and now they take a picture of your license plate and charge you for tolls on line. Did I know this?? No. I just thought they eliminated the tolls like they did here in Kentucky or billed us through the mail. I didn't have a clue what was required. About a month later my sister mentioned about paying for tolls through Illinois Ipass. What's that, I ask. She was astounded I didn't know about it. Why would I? I don't live in Illinois.
Long story short, if you don't get on line at Illinois Tollway within 14 days and pay your tolls, you get fined $20 for each unpaid toll. Well, I signed into Ipass and paid my tolls but I didn't see any fine for not paying within 14 days. I got a confirmation that I paid, so I guess I'm okay. I was told there are signs about using Ipass in the toll area, but no information about how to pay.
How am I supposed to know to go to a website to pay? They don't show any website address on the sign, and even if it did, how am I supposed to remember website information driving down the road at 70 mph? *ell, I didn't even see the sign. My husband did. He just said, you have to pay the toll. I said, where? There's no toll booths. He said, I guess they mail them to you. Guess what...they don't.
Evidently, everyone in the US has to read the DOT rules for Illinois before traveling.
Long story short, if you don't get on line at Illinois Tollway within 14 days and pay your tolls, you get fined $20 for each unpaid toll. Well, I signed into Ipass and paid my tolls but I didn't see any fine for not paying within 14 days. I got a confirmation that I paid, so I guess I'm okay. I was told there are signs about using Ipass in the toll area, but no information about how to pay.
How am I supposed to know to go to a website to pay? They don't show any website address on the sign, and even if it did, how am I supposed to remember website information driving down the road at 70 mph? *ell, I didn't even see the sign. My husband did. He just said, you have to pay the toll. I said, where? There's no toll booths. He said, I guess they mail them to you. Guess what...they don't.
Evidently, everyone in the US has to read the DOT rules for Illinois before traveling.
